Fritz Ekkehard Huff, Trocken Riesling, 2022

After the horrors of Black Tower and Blue Nun coming from Rheinhessen in the 20th century, a young generation of winemakers has been digging up the treasure that lies dormant in Rheinhessen's soils for about 20 years. Rheinhessen is a land full of varied terroir and wines worth discovering, and here at Whitfield Wines, we are testing the waters with some fantastic examples of classic rieslings, which should blow your socks off, whilst leaving the budget well and truly intact. 

With regards to restaurant wines at home, riesling has always had huge support on lists in London from sommeliers who love the nerdy, technical side of German rieslings, perhaps more than customers do, who sometimes find the level of residual sugar difficult to predict. This is changing, with white burgundies becoming so expensive, and pricing themselves off lists, restaurateurs have more room for manoeuvre, and I sense these great wines will grow and grow in popularity. They are also great to pair with food in general. Watch this space.